The Dirtius clan began officially in early 2006 and includes Dirt (Brent), Wifius (Heather), and the kidlets (Felix and Amelia). We're just a bunch of LDS nerd/geek-type people that love to share our interests, opinions, and experiences.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

The baby in my belly

She's dancing. Maybe doing karate. Or gymnastics. I'm certain it's something that will get her into the Olympics in about 16 1/2 years.

Today at the midwife appointment, everything went well. I still have a UTI and my midwife said I really need to take acidopholus and fish oil, and I need to drink a minimum of 2 litres of water a day (holy peeing all the time, batman! - she said that once the UTI is gone I will actually pee less often, hooray!).

Anyway, the baby in my tummy has been super duper active. I started really feeling her as early as 16 weeks and she's very regularly kicking my guts to expand her space.

So today at the appointment I told Becky (midwife extraordinaire) about all the movement. She said one of her daughters kicked her appendix so much that she had to have it removed - during the pregnancy.

When Becky put the thinghy on my belly to get the heart rate, baby kicked the machine. It took Becky a good 10 minutes to get a total of about 4 seconds of heart beat. Kid was everywhere!

I know they say you feel your second baby more because you recognize it better, but I swear Felix was a lump on a log in comparison. Little bundle of Olympic potential.

It's funny... each little fetus develops their own personality. David was my "tap dancer" - I'm telling you, he could have given Gene Kelly a run for his money, he was so lively and quick - and Nora was a yoga queen... stretching long, far, and wide, but never super fast.

It never gets old, though. I missed feeling the movements on the inside as soon as the babies were born. I hope your little one doesn't keep you up at night too much, though!

Liam's a kicker too. Maybe our little ones can start a family soccer league or something? I actually got my first kick around 14 weeks which I hear is pretty early. Last night I actually felt the kick once from the OUTSIDE. Now that was wild. I can't wait for that to be a more regular occurrence so that Jesse can feel it too.